Addendum: POW Update

[HARDCORE]

If you are interested, the following site shows a picture of my uncle who died of starvation in a North Korean POW Camp.

Mrs. Hardcore
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www.abmc.gov

Go To War Dead - Korean War

Last Name: Morgan

Go down to Melvin Morgan

It Shows A Pic of my uncle.

[Margaret Diann]

Thanks for sharing about your uncle & this site

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION Melvin Hampton Morgan Stanfield, North Carolina Born October 1, 1930 Corporal, U.S. Army Service Number 14261058 Died while Prisoner of War Died December 6, 1950 in Korea Corporal Morgan was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 11, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died of starvation while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on December 6, 1950. His remains were not recovered. Corporal Morgan was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Thank you, Soldiers!

[HARDCORE]

As of October 7, 2008, the surviving families of all POWs who died in enemy captivity from 7 December 1941 to the present, from causes such as beatings, starvation, lack of medical care, exposure etc, are eligible to apply for a Posthumois Purple Heart Medal. It was a long, hard, uphill battle, but now, thank God, these brave warriors, some 17,000 to 21,000 of them, will finally be awarded, be it in death, the regognotion that they deserve!

"A special thanks to Margaret Diann for posting my uncle Melvin's picture etc."

Brenda